From Neighborhood to Trendy Zone: Gentrification in Chueca at the End of the 20th Century. De Vecindario a Zona Trendy: La Gentrificación en Chueca a Finales del Siglo XX

Considered in the second half of the 20th century as one of the worst neighborhoods in Madrid and known by the name "yonkielandia" in the rest of Spain, the process of gentrification did not reach the neighborhood until the 1990s, led by the LGBTI+ community. Thanks to urban and queer historiography, we are aware of the gentrification and improvement processes that took place in the neighborhood, but what about the existing population in the area? The significant changes in the Chueca neighborhood and the arrival of new residents must have had a substantial impact on an already existing population that was impoverished and overlooked. It's the unheard history in gentrification processes. To conduct the research, I will initially use various newspaper articles to track the atmosphere in the neighborhood and the different responses to gentrification processes. Additionally, I will utilize data provided by the municipal statistical yearbooks of the Community of Madrid.